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Plato's Academy--A mathematical historyThe opening of Plato's Academy in about 387 B.C. is heralded as the turning point in mathematics and was the first European university (Copleston, 127). The word Academy is derived from the name Academos -- the prior owner of the land on which the school was built -- and has become synonymous with higher thought and learning. Prior to the opening of the academy, mathematics was viewed as a subject relevant only to practical matters. Plato regarded the world that we are aware of through our senses as a place of deception, and proposed a world of ideas which were constant and true. (O'Connor and Robertson, Plato). Plato's new philosophy on teaching
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Plimpton 322 is a cuneiform clay tablet with the catalog number 322 in the G.A. Plimpton Collection at Columbia University. Probably the most well known mathematical tablet, it was written in the Old Babylonian period between 1900 and 1600 B.C.E. and shows the most advanced mathematics known before the development of the Greek mathematics. It was originally thought that Plimpton 322 was one of many tablets that recorded inventories of food and merchandise. However, in 1946 Otto Neugebauer and A. J. Sachs, historians of mathematics, discovered that the numbers in the table were computations and not just records of quantity.Plimpton 322 is written sexigesimally (in base 60) with combinations
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Sir Isaac Newton was born January 4, 1643. At the age of three, he was taken under the care of his grandmother. Newton, however, was never a very good student, so when he was a teenager, his mother pulled him from school to work on the farm to train him as a successful farmer. She saw that he very clever and that he had more important talents than farming, so she sent him to Cambridge University at the age of eighteen. There he learned much about science and mathematics and began to formulate some early theories about mathematics. Immediately after his graduation when he was 21, he began to independent research in the fields of natural philosophy and mathematics. Natural philosophy was a
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It gives me great pleasure to write something about myself. I completed my Bachelors of Science (Mathematics A, Mathematics B and Statistics) from Islamia College, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1999. It?s a top class and well reputed institute since 1905. After my graduation, I joined Commercial Union Peshawar (UK Based Multinational Co.) as Business Development Executive. I worked here for five months, up to March 2000.After this I got admission in Institute of Management Studies, University of Peshawar for Masters in Business Administration. It?s also a top class and well reputed institute of our country, ranking third in Pakistan. I completed my MBA majors in Finance, in July 2002
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ArchimedesArchimedes was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 287 BC, fathered by an astronomer named Phidias. Archimedes helped develop many of the formulas used in modern day mathematics like geometry. Very little is known about this famous man other than reports, because it was so long ago that he lived, but he is still to this day known as a great mathematician.It is reported by some authors that he visited Egypt and there invented a device now known as Archimedes' screw. This is a pump, still used in many parts of the world. It is highly likely that, when he was a young man, Archimedes studied with the successors of Euclid in Alexandria. Certainly he was familiar with the mathematics developed
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A few days ago, as I was eating lunch with friends, I entered a heated debate about the worth of education. "I should not have to learn algebra and calculus because it will have no influence on my life," my opponent angrily shouted as I tried to defend the usefulness of mathematics. Three days later, I still mul l over the issue, trying to arrive at the origin of the disparity of views betw een my opponent and me. I treasure every bit of knowledge I gain, in or out of school. When someone contends that a particular academic field or realm of inf ormation has no applications, I feel compelled to demonstrate the fallacy of such an argument by citing an example from my life.As a middle
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how mathematics is fallible and dubious, but in the 21st century very few would agree with this point. In a very technologically based society, mathematics is held with utmost respect and factual certainty. It's because of incredible advances in this field, as well as other sciences, that we live with such ease and comfort today. Nothing seems more "existent" than being able to truly experience life globally thanks to cell phones, computers, etc.The other side of the comparison that Descartes argues is the existence of God. Ironically, I would argue that today's society, at least in the United States, is at an all time low in terms of belief in God. A recent study showed that 18-29 year olds
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One time, there was this really big guy and he said he was going to steal my sandwich if I didn?t hurry up and eat it. He was born in the exotic part of the Amazon and had a jaunty skin color. So I tried to parry my sandwich by wavered my arms wildly. I connected with his jaw and made him angry. A mathematics teacher caught me in the act and conveyed me to the assistant principles office down at the end of the hallway. The assistant principal was very tawdry in his looks. He had a cheap wool suit with bright yellow banana sneakers like the ones people wore back in the seventies. On his desk were various trinkets and pink slips of many insubordinate students. He scolded me and punished me by
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Europe is home to people of many different descents and cultures. And with this diversity of peoples and short distances and large cultural differences.Europe's diversity of peoples has been its greatest assets and its downfall. With short distances and large cultural differences, it has become a constant gyration of ideas, not to mention goods.The Greeks, built the foundation of modern Europe. With their mastery of Arts. Science, and Mathematics, Romans still conquered them, and borrowing from Greek cultures created an empire that stretched across the land.Rome was the first metropolitan area in Europe, with a population over a million.In this fifth century the empire had collapsed, and
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believed "virtue is knowledge". He also believed that every thing and every idea had a mysterious inner "essential nature" and that knowledge lay in finding conclusive definitions.Other than Socrates, Plato was greatly influenced by two other philosophers. Plato was influenced by Pythagoras, a pre-socratic, who was a math fanatic. Pythagoras believed that everything around us is mathematics, meaning all things are numbers and all natural phenomena are mathematical. Pythagoras' famous idea is "Numbers are universal, incorruptible, and eternally true, and their truth can only be revealed through reason."Heraclitus is the other philosopher that influenced Plato. Heraclitus believed the world
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Egyptians produced a vast body of written records, including ethical and moralistic treatises, instructional texts, religious and magical scrolls, evocative love poetry, epic stories, and ribald tales. They possessed a sophisticated understanding of mathematics and the principles of architecture, enabling them to introduce to the world large stone buildings before 2500 bc. Their enduring images--sculpted, painted, and drawn--captivate viewers even today.
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expressions. They also wore leather boots laced up to the knees. There was little or no scenery. Most of the action in the play took place in the orchestra. Later on, as the importance shifted from the chorus to the characters, the action moved to the stage.As mentioned before, the tragedy was created in Athens, but it came about in the 4th and 5th centuries BC when Athens was bustling with radical ideas like democracy, philosophy, mathematics, science and art. This led the Athenians to ask themselves what was the role of men in this world, and tragedy was the answer to their question. They believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death.
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preconceived manner. Out thoughts would be guided by the facts as we actually observed them. In The Advancement of Learning, published in 1623 Bacon insisted that true knowledge was useful knowledge. In The Atlantis (1627) he portrayed a scientific utopia whose inhabitants enjoyed a perfect society through their knowledge and command of nature. The fact that knowledge could be used for practical purposes became a sign or proof that it was true knowledge. Baconians believed knowledge was power. Scientific knowledge though, could be used for good or for evil. Bacon's greatest weakness was his lack of an understanding of the role of mathematics. It was later discovered that truly scientific
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committed to the idea that reality is ultimately rational. His Forms are definite realities made up and bonded together in perfectly rational ways, and together they make a perfectly systematic whole. For him, mathematics seems to embody the ideal of knowledge and reason is the only way to discover truth. But not even reason is sufficient - far enough up the hierarchy of Forms one has to "see" the truth with the "mind's eye." Plato is unable to describe what must be seen, so he explains what we cannot see through language using Myths of the Sun and the Cave. Aristotle has no problem expressing himself through language, however. He believes language is capable of expressing the truth of
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The first five chapters of this book provide the foundation for Ray Kurzweil to issue his predictions later in the book. It includes many theorems of physics and mathematics, so if one is not relatively familiar with them, it is possible to miss these essential principles. Nevertheless, his choice of words delineates some difficult concepts, making this tough but rewarding reading.The first chapter ultimately leads up to the most important principle of the book, The Law of Accelerating Returns, which follows:-An evolutionary process is not a closed system; therefore, evolution draws upon the chaos in the larger system in which it takes place for its options of diversity; and-Evolution
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social worker. Other than Sociology and Anthropology, I am also studying the core subjects: reflective practice, which covers social work; English, Mathematics and Academic skills. In reflective practice, I am learning about knowledge, skills and values of social work and the importance of the National Occupational Standards guidelines.I know that university is going to be very challenging but I am very confident that I'll do well. This is because I am very enthusiastic about the social work degree and I believe the key to success is confidence, commitment and enthusiasm, all of which I have.
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person that does not have the mental capacity either reason or obey reason cannot be part of a city-state and therefore is not a human being. This cannot be true because there are people in the world known as idiot savants who are mentally deficient but are extraordinarily great in one highly specialized field, such as mathematics or music. A person who is extremely gifted in math would not benefit society by doing slave-work, especially in Aristotle's time when the great accomplishments in math had not been discovered yet. Therefore, Aristotle's system is faulted in that it is hard to identify the "natural slave." Another error with Aristotle's opinion is that it is possible that the
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states, which are represented in the Electoral College by no less than three votes, would be very much opposed to this notion. They would have much less representation in a popular vote, due to the sheer mathematics of their population size. In comparison to a much larger state, the representation of a smaller state would be drastically reduced from what it is under the current system. For example, California has 18 times more votes than a three-vote state, but has much more than 18 times more people in the state. It is clear that small states are at a great advantage under the Electoral College system. Small states would also be at a disadvantage with the absence of the Electoral
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Born in Vienna in 1878, Lise Meitner was one of eight children; her father was among the first group of Jewish men to practice law in Austria. As with Marie Curie (but rare for a woman at the turn of the century), the intellectual atmosphere that surrounded her as a child nurtured her scientific inclination. She had a "marked bent" for mathematics as well, and adopted Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale as her heroines. The shy, quiet, young woman convinced her father to let her study with a private tutor to prepare her for university study. She easily passed the entrance examination to the University of Vienna. With her usual passion, Lise attended every possible lecture--both in the
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the academic skills of students, who are made to listen to certain kinds of music while studying or working in the lab. Listening to pleasant music, while doing a difficult task, can make it seem easier.Furthermore, music relaxes the mind and lowers stress levels that inhibit learning. For example hip-hop music which includes rhythmic melodies. Also, in business Hip-Hop has significant influence, while it is used by teachers to educate to students successful business strategies (Morikawa, 2005). In addition, the music which has positive sounds is used to teach children in mathematics (Kajitani, 2006).Also, type of music such as classical music has positive influence on study achievements. The
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verify (using their senses) what is real.To counter my new beliefs, Anaximenes would say that reality must be quantifiable - or countable. Anything that cannot be described using numbers and mathematics (the so-called "language of nature"), would not be considered real. In my original beliefs of what "real" was, I showed everything mathematically - I used numbers to define the dimensions of the book and I provided a numerical value for the amount of pages in the book, for example - which according to Anaximenes, would make it real.My criticisms of Anaximenes' beliefs are very simple - what if something cannot be mathematically described? One cannot describe a scent using numbers. One cannot
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of improving his own condition as a result of this acquaintance: Pip was then delivered over to Mr. Pumblchook, who formally received me as if he were the Sheriff, and who let off upon a speech that I knew he had been dying to make all along: "Boy, be for ever grateful to all friends, but especially unto them which brought you up by hand!" .From this point Pumblechook is only too willing to take credit for Pip's rise in fortune, taking him into his home, testing his mathematics, and always reminding the boy that it is on account of his promotion that Pip has gotten his start in life. When Pip receives his great expectations everyone assumes they are from Miss Havisham. Pumblechook is
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: Concerned with relationships and structures.5.Comparison and Contrast Charts: Organizing factual information.5.Explain the concept of short and long-term memory.Short-term memory holds the information acquired from your sensory storage system.Long-term memory is you permanent store or information.6.What is the best way to read and study a mathematics text?Plan on spending more time, Focus on process and procedure, Pay attention to sample problem, Learn to read mathematical language, Study daily, become adept at solving problem, Study and practice variations of problems.7.What are the thought patterns in social science?Listing, Comparison and Contrast, and Cause and Effect.8.Developing an outline
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It is said that one learns something new each day. At a young age one learns the basics of mathematics, speaking, writing etc. Nevertheless, how does one learn what a tree is, what it looks like, the color, smell, shape? One might learn that a tree is part of the Spermatophyte division, or that I its leaves are green and contain chlorophyll and even that paper can be made from it, but how does one know? One can touch the bark, see the leaves in the wind and even read about other's experiences with trees, therefore leaving knowledge that it is a tree. However, John Locke has much to add to this notion. Although it may be evident that the perceptual knowledge of external objects can be gained
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theorize that the sun was at the center of the universe and the earth, planets, and stars revolved around the motionless sun. Copernicus lead others like Galileo to follow his footsteps toward the truth of the skies. (Spielvogel 350, 351) Galileo was a teacher of mathematics and eventually grew fond of the skies and invented the first telescope. Using this telescope, he discovered moons orbiting other planets and saw the heavens in a way that had never been seen before. He also developed new laws of inertia and gravitational acceleration. Galileo's theories led Newton to discoveries that revolutionized the way we still think today. (Spielvogel 352-354) Newton came from a lower
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Thomas More (1478-1535)Thomas More was born in Milk Street, London on February 7, 1478. He is one out of six children. His father is Sir John More, who was a successful lawyer, and eventually became a judge on the king's bench. His mother is Agnes More, who was a daughter of a wealthy local merchant. He grew up in London. As a young boy, Thomas studied at St. Anthony's school. After going to St. Anthony's, he was placed in the household of John Morton. John was the Lord Chancellor to Henry the VIII and the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1492, Thomas went to Oxford university and studied Greek, Latin and French literature, as well as logic and mathematics. He studied there for two years. His
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(Gradesaver 1). I often strayed from the normal class, and independently learned from the fully stocked Harvard Library (Sauder 1). My fixations were learning the fields of Latin and Greek grammar, philosophy, and mathematics. It was here where I was provided the adequate base for writing my novels and essays (Gradesaver 1).After graduating, I attempted to become a school teacher. I was shot down by the parents of the children for being much too "lenient." I simply do not believe striking a child is an appropriate punishment (Gradesaver 1). And when I was forced to strike children, I immediately resigned from my teaching career (Gradesaver 1). I personally think my departure from teaching was an
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, someof the physical, mental and behavioral characteristicschange. These adolescents begin to gain weight, but stillremain short and microphalic (Phelps, 1995).Cognitive abilities of children with FAS continue to be lowthrough adolescence and adulthood. Low Academic performancescores of adolescents and adults are persistent throughouttheir lives. Many cognitive tests have been done onadolescent/adults wi th FAS, and each of them have founddeficiencies in mathematics and reading comprehension(Shelton & Cook, 1993).The behavioral manifestations of adolescents and adultswith FAS continue to concentrate around the problem ofhyperactivity. Inattentiveness, distractibility,restlessness , and
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. This industry employs few people with PhDs or masters degrees in fields like real-time graphics, distributed networks, mathematics, or physics (Campbell 22).Realistically, programmers need at least a few years of serious programming background in order to get a job in the game industry. Having experience with real-time, graphics-intensive Evans-4 interactive applications before is key. It is also a good idea for programmers to write a game or two before they begin looking for a job (Getsi). Game companies value programmers who can stick to projects and follow them through from start to finish (Carter). As for coding, it should be clean, efficient, and well organized, demonstrating a solid
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that come with it, large companies for its stability and Internet service providers for its great networking capabilities, and people who are tired of losing data to Windows. It can also be used in a home or business network to add security and reliability, which are things that Linux is known for. Most people do not know it, but they also use Linux daily. From web browsing to bank transactions, Linux is often used to handle important tasks. Some people, most often science laboratories and large companies, gather many computers and run Linux on all of them and make them act as one machine, or cluster, to solve problems in physics and mathematics that normal computers cannot do.Hardware
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; we are almost at the limit of the oil reserves of conventional sources in the world. Moreover, by extracting and processing, oil production contributes to environmental pollution and as a non-renewable resource, once consumed, it cannot be replaced.There are some requirements and career options for people who wish to enter the petroleum field. Petroleum engineers should have natural abilities to make them successful. Personal attributes include strong mathematics and analytical skills to design equipment and solve problems in drilling. Creativity is also essential for the job, because petroleum engineers design different types of equipment to extract oil and gas in different environments
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. Newton left Cambridge for his hometown, having only received a taste of his scientific potential, but many believe it was just enough. Some consider the time Newton spent at home his "annus mirabilis", or his miraculous year, for it was during this time that he made his major breakthroughs in mathematics, the science of motion, and of course, optics. In 1666, Newton made his first discovery on the topic of light. By experimenting with crystalline prisms, he discovered that white light will be refracted when entering and exiting the glasslike structure, separating the colors according to wavelength and frequency, creating a color spectrum. Two years later, in 1668, using his previous
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of mathematics and natural philosophy. Not only were these things not enough to keep Candide from wanting to leave, he made no effort to pursue them. He is in a hurry to return to the world that has done him so many evils.Candide's innocence has been corrupted without his even realizing it. Candide thinks that he will be able to buy his happiness when he buys Cundegund's freedom. He no longer believes that the things that have happened have happened for the best, but he rationalizes that if he throws enough money at the problem, it should be fixed. He thinks that along with buying back his love, he can escape punishment for killing, and live happily ever after. He gives very little thought
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possibilities in themselves , there are also growing educational applications. For example, flight simulators have become indispensable tools for training pilots and astronauts, visualizations of complex equations increase understanding for mathematics students, and "virtual" bodies enable physicians to practice delicate procedures before operating on patients. Few industries have taken as thorough advantage of the computer's ability to generate and manipulate images as the video game business. The computer's imaging ability has also found a home in Hollywood and in advertising. (Gump) Improved capabilities of personal computers and their programs have also put powerful graphics tools into the
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Coding theory, sometimes called algebraic coding theory, deals with the design of error-correcting codes for the reliable transmission of information across noisy channels. It makes use of classical and modern algebraic techniques involving finite fields, group theory, and polynomial algebra. It has connections with other areas of discrete mathematics, especially number theory and the theory of experimental designs" Three areas that are commonly associated with Coding Theory are Data Compression, Cryptology, and Error Correcting Codes.Data CompressionData Compression is efficiently encoding source information so that it uses the smallest amount of space possible. This is accomplished by
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Music and math have been associated with each other since the days of Pythagoras of Samos, a famous Italian philosopher in 5th century BC. He believed that ratios could be found in everything, especially in music. In the 5th century BC, Pythagoras thought of the simple mathematics of playing an octave. Lets say you played an A on a string instrument, the next note is 4/5 the length which is approximately a C. The rest of the octave has the fractions 3/4 (approximately D), 2/3 (approximately E), and 3/5 (approximately F), before you run into 1/2 which is the octave A. Nothing has changed since this discovery of ratios in music, but what has changed is how teachers utilize this
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carefully before you start to answer it.Keep an eye on the time.Try to answer every question.Check your answers if you have time at the end.GCSE Mathematics 1MA0Formulae: Higher TierYou must not write on this formulae page.Anything you write on this formulae page will gain NO credit.Volume of prism = area of cross section × length Area of trapezium =(a + b)hVolume of sphere πr3 Volume of cone πr2hSurface area of sphere = 4πr2 Curved surface area of cone = πrlIn any triangle ABC The Quadratic Equation The solutions of ax2+ bx + c = 0where a ≠ 0, are given byx =Sine RuleCosine Rule a2 = b2+ c2- 2bc cos AArea of triangle = ab sin CAnswer ALL questions.Write your answers in the
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earliest existence of the modern day computer ancestor is the abacus. These date back to almost 2000 years ago. It is simply a wooden rack holding parallel wire on which beads are strung. When these beads are moved along the wire according to 'programming' rules that the user must memorize, all ordinary arithmetic operations can be performed (Soma, 14). The next innovation in computers took place in 1694 when Blaise Pascal invented the first digital calculating machine. It could only add numbers and they had to be entered by turning dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax collector (Soma, 32).In the early 1800, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage designed an
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Only boys were enrolled
Teachers prepared textbooks of word lists and mathematical problems
MESOPOTAMIA SOCIETY AND CULTURE
The Mesopotamians
worship many gods
have written laws
make advances in mathematics and astronomy
develop widespread trade
Clay tablets reveal Mesopotamian history.
SUMER FALLS TO CONQUERORS
Sargon the Great - ruler of Akkad
conquered the city-states
formed the first empire that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
his empire lasted for almost a hundred years
SUMER FALLS TO CONQUERORS (BABYLON)
Hammurabi - ruler of Babylon
conquered and united Mesopotamia
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are currently 1021 female apprentices in training in non-traditional trades. The number of female apprentices in training in non-traditional trades has decreased by 209, during the past year.(DETIR, apprentice and trainee statistics report 1998)More males than females were enrolled in Mathematics B and C, Chemistry, Physics, Health and Physical Education, Industrial Technology and Computer Studies.Women's participation in the workforce is still highly gender segregated, with the highest proportion of women located in retail, clerical and service occupations and the lowest proportion in primary and secondary industries. Women's access to, and use of, information technology has implications
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listening to new poems and songs, they learned only the compositions of the past, and new poets and musicians were not welcomed. Sparta still produced pottery and metal work for every-day use, but it was of poorer quality than the work of other cities. Spartans no longer participated in athletic festivals in other parts of Greece and the whole city became secretive and withdrawn, refusing to communicate with the rest of Greece.Education The Spartans were raised and educated to be perfectly obedient and obey the state without question. Spartan education had no interest with literature, intellectual or academic activities and did Spartans were not taught subjects like mathematics, science or
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ADOLF HITLER 1. THE BEGINNING At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child was born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third wife Klara. As a young boy, Adolf attended church regularly and sang in the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench, which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a good student. He received good marks in most of his classes. However, in his last year of school he failed German and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10 years
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the name of Anwar Hossain Khandaker. He is a 31 years old man who has spent all his life in Bangladesh. Anwar has an associate's degree in mathematics. For income, he is a full time U.S. Marine driver. He has driven for the U.S. Embassy for five years and loves his job. Anwar has his beliefs about his religion, like we all do. He believes in one God and that God sent out a man by the name of Mohamed. His believes heavily that Mohamed is everything and believes if there is any problems, that Mohamed will fix it. Anwar tells how Mohamed was given the Qua'ran by God. He believes in Satan and that there is a hell. He feels women are second class people and do not have any rights. He believes in
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principles of TeWhāriki is that of communication. Language is a very important part of communication, and is not just oral, but includes pictures, music, movement, mathematics, rhythm and more. Developing an understanding of and competence in their mother tongue is a major task for children. Not only are they learning to communicate with others in many different ways, but they are also learning to interpret the ways in which others communicate and express their experiences. Adults should understand and encourage both verbal and non-verbal communication styles. (Ministry of Education, 1996). Using pictures and gestures often helps children to better understand what their caregivers are
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Tollbooth provides an abstraction of what our world is. Each place and character represents a piece of information, a skill, or a concept that is prevalent in our own reality. The difference is in how Juster brings these things to the foreground. Typically concepts like diction, mathematics, and sound are subtle things in our perception. They are ever present, but they're cognitive concepts, not like material reality. Juster paints a world in which those things are very solid in Milo's perception, forcing him to see their value full-on. It's the same way for the reader, seeing a world where these concepts matter, and being able to see them benefit the main character in so many ways. The wholeness
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the way that menstruation would be viewed if men went through it, society would become more aware of gender ranking. When new qualifications are added to gender ranking, gender difference changes as well. A menstruation cycle would only add to the list of things that men do that women cannot. They would somehow relate menstruation to intelligence, saying that because men get their periods they are smarter. Steinem states,"Male intellectuals would offer the most moral and logical arguments. How could a women master any discipline that demanded a sense of time, space, mathematics, or measurement, for instance, without that in-built gift for measuring the cycles of the moon and planets- and thus
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of Santa Maria novella in Florence, a work created at the very beginning of the history of renaissance painting since he embodies two principles in renaissance interests; realism based on the studious observation of nature and the application of mathematics to pictorial art in the new science of perspective. Masachio was the first painter who consistently used central perspective and by doing so created very realistically the illusion of space, creating the illusion of a real structure, this was the first step in the development of illusionistic painting. He was so exact in his mathematical proportions that we can actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel and by doing so
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draws on his previous meditations to find the answer. He believes that material things can exist, if they are the object of mathematics. We can prove the existence of these objects because we can understand them with our intellect. There remains a question regarding our imagination. Descarte reasons that it is not essential. The understanding is greater than the imagination. Descartes assumes to have a body based on what his senses perceive. He begins to explore this notion that he had previously dismissed to doubt. He inquires whether his senses give him reason for bodies to exist. He comes to the conclusion that they do because God has given us "a great inclination to believe that these
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obligations. On the other hand, astronomers required a device to use in conjunction with their astrolabes by which they could study the relative positions of the sun, moon, and stars27.Mechanical clock was perfected in the late 16th cent. by Christian Huygens who had also made improvements in the telescope28. This helped to measure more precisely and accurately time differences between terrestrial and celestial phenomena --an essential factor in the development of the exact sciences, such as mechanics and other modern areas of science which are dependent on a time gradient. Another branch of mathematics whose origin can be traced back to the invention of the mechanical clock was calculus29.From
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model stated that planets moved around the sun in elliptical orbits, and using this model could predict the motion of plants with great accuracy.Galileo:1564-1642Using his telescope, he discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons and that Venus had phases like the moon did.This could only be explained by a heliocentric model of the Solar System.Disproved the geocentric model completely using Kepler's mathematics and his own work.1.2 Discuss one of the models and assess it in terms of the limitations placed on its development by the technology available at the time.Until the invention of the telescope, the only technology for viewing the skies was the human eye. The theory of a geocentric universe was
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